Bracket device for aib-brake pressure valves



Jan. 23, 1923. 1,443,168. E. L. CLARK.

BRACKET DEVICE EoR AIR BRAKE PRESSURE vALvEs.

FILED JULY l, 1922.

Patented Jan. 235,

EDDY L. CLARK, OF WEST PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRACKET DEVICE FOR AIR-BRAKE PRESSURE VALVES.

Application filed July 1,

To all 107mmJ 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDDY L. CLARK, a citizen ot the United States, and resident of l.Vesl Pittston, in the county ot Luzerne and Stat-e of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Bracket Devices for Air-Brake Pressure Valves, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and eilcient device for securing in place on railroad cars the pres sure valves oi air-brake systems; and to that end my invention comprises a novel bracket device having locking members which can be readily positioned to secure or to release the valve body, as desired, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings- Figure l is a 'front elevation of a bracket device embodying my invention, saidvdevice being illustrated as mounted on one side of al car and supporting an air-brake pressure valve.

Figs. 2 and 3 are side and plan views, respectively, ot' the device and the associated valve, the side off the car beingin section.

The novel bracket device herein illustrated is adapted to be permanently secured to the side of a railroad car, and is so constructed that the projecting lugs 5 of the usual pressure valve 6 can be readily mounted on the device and the valve thereby securely, yet detachably, supported'in operative position. This bracket device in its preferred form comprises a bar or body member 7 having adjacent its respective ends 'forward projections 8 which., together with the body 7, are suitably perforated tor the passage oi bolts l) which extend through and support the device on kthe outer sheathing l() ot the car. On the outeends ot he bolts are loosely supported locking members comprising periorated plates il which can be readily swung on the bolts to any angular position in relation to the body member 7 and then be iirmly secured in placeby means ot nuts l2 on the outer ends or' the bolts.

lllhen the pla-tes ll are swung downward, as indicated. by the dotted lines in Figs. l and 2, the body of the valve can be positioned in front of the member 7 and between the plates with the lugs 5 of the valve body 1922. Serial No. 572,336.

resting on the bosses 8 of the bracket. Then by swinging the plates ll upward and laterally of the lugs 5 and tightening up the nuts l2, the plates ll are securely held in locking position, thus conining the valve and preventing its accidental displacement.

To release the valve for removal thereof for repairs or renewal it is merely necessary to loosen the nuts l2 and swing the locking members downwardly on the bolts as axes, as indicated by the dotted'lines in Figs. l and 2.

I do not limit my invention to the exact det-ails ot' construction herein disclosed the same may be modified within the principle of my invention and the scope ot the appended claims.

l claiml. The herein described bracket-device for air-brake pressure retaining valves having laterally-projecting lugs, said device comprising a body, spaced-apart locking members pivotally mounted on said body and adapted to be positioned to permit the mounting of the valve on said body and the retention of the lugs between the said members and the body, and means for locking or releasing said members.

2. The herein described bracket-device for air-brake pressure retaining valves having laterally-projecting lugs, said device comprising a body having spaced-apart forward vprojections adapted to afford seats for the lugs ot' a valve interposed between said projections, pivotally supported locking members associated with said projections, and means for locking or releasing said members.

The herein described bracketdevice for air-brake pressure retaining valves having laterally-projecting lugs, said device com* prising a body having spaced-apart forward projections,` said body and projections being perforated i'or the passage oi bolts, bolts extending through said body and projections, locking members on the outer ends of said bolts, and nuts on said bolts for securing the members in position.

Signed at Pittston in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, this 29th day of June, 1922.

EDDY. L. CLARK. 

